Retail Nation: My Supermarket

Your supermarket needs more than full shelves

In Retail Nation: My Supermarket, combine hands-on store work with building and leading your own business. Design your layout from above, step behind the checkout and give your stock, employees and customers the attention they need.

Start with a small store and decide how to grow. Will you invest in a new department, a better-trained team or more space? Every step brings decisions to your daily operation.

• 75 store levels with new possibilities, missions, ambitions and a finale.

• 25 player skills for shop-floor work, leadership and business management.

• A team that develops through conversations, commitments, training and team leaders.

• In-store and online sales with staffed checkouts, self-checkout inspections and orders you pick yourself.

• A wide assortment with hundreds of products, brand variants and seasonal ranges.

Build a store that suits your approach

Plan your layout, create departments and place shelves, checkouts, lighting and decorations. Expand your store space and parking, and divide the available space between shopping areas, storage and staff facilities.

Set up cold rooms and freezer rooms, keeping access and walking routes in mind. Give your store its own identity through its name, colours, storefront, department signs, plants and decorations. Your calendar settings determine which seasons and holidays bring temporary products and matching decorations.

Keep your store running every day

Order stock, receive deliveries and fill the shelves. Build your assortment with everyday groceries, fresh produce, bakery items, chilled products and frozen goods. House-brand and supplier-brand variants are available for part of the range.

Set selling prices, plan promotions and use ordering recommendations to match purchasing to sales. Monitor shelf life, waste, cold storage and operating costs. A well-stocked store needs to stay financially healthy too.

• Work at the checkout, carry out self-checkout inspections and keep the store clean.

• Pick online orders from level 18 and build your separate online rating.

• Respond to shoplifting and use available security equipment.

• Consider business opportunities and prepare for food safety inspections.

• Adapt to changing demand, weather and events.

Get to know your team and help it grow

Recruit employees, assign roles and plan schedules. Account for breaks, workload, wellbeing and sickness. Have conversations on the shop floor, make commitments and follow up on them. Coaching and training help employees develop their skills.

Promote an eligible employee to team leader and choose which responsibilities to delegate. Your role develops alongside the store: you can keep working on the floor while gaining more ways to guide others and share responsibilities.

Develop your own approach with 25 player skills for hands-on work, leadership and business management.

Give your growth a goal

Complete missions, earn experience and unlock new product licences, furnishings and expansions. Choose the investment that will help your store grow: a wider assortment, a stronger team, more space or perhaps solar panels.

As your supermarket grows, discover new possibilities, responsibilities and challenges. Develop your own approach and see how far you can take your store. The built-in game guide helps you along the way with explanations and insight into your progress.

Built with knowledge of the shop floor

I’ve spent almost twenty years working in supermarkets, from stocking shelves to managing a store. With Retail Nation: My Supermarket, I’m bringing that experience into a game where you build your store, lead your team and run your own business. Familiar situations involving stock, customers and employees are at the heart of it.